noun:

• gubernatorial election; election of governor; gubernatorial campaign; gubernatorial race

noun:

• refugee status determination; refugee recognition; certification of refugee status

noun / ~の noun:

• registered mail; registered post; registration (of mail) - abbreviation ➜ 書留郵便

noun:

• (putting on) record; writing down; noting down; registry

noun:

• weather; climatic conditions
• fine weather; clear day
• situation; state of affairs
• sea conditions; good day for sailing

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist
• to undulate; to surge; to swell; to roll; to billow

noun:

• result (of an election); success or defeat (in an election)
• winning or losing (a lottery, raffle, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• setting; installing; mounting; arranging
• setting up (meeting, conference, etc.)

noun:

• stage setting
• setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• cancellation; writing off (a debt)
• indicating a long sound in kana ➜ 長音【ちょうおん】

noun:

• tug o' war; tug of war

noun:

• body line; contours of one's body

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own

noun / ~する noun:

• abbreviation; simplified form of a character; cutting out some strokes in a character; omitting some passages

noun:

• junction line between two sea currents; line where two ocean currents meet
• course of things; turning point

noun:

• order - Biology term
• item (of a budget revision, etc.)

counter:

• counter for go pieces; counter for surrounded positions (in go) ➜ 囲碁

ichidan verb:

• to let a person take hold of; to bribe by slipping money into a person's hand

noun:

• Spencer's monitor (Varanus spenceri, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to northern Australia); Spencer's goanna

noun:

• alternative name; alternate name
• assumed name of a customer in a brothel (for anonymity)
• stage name

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• splash-splash; repetitive splashing sound - onomatopoeia ➜ パシャッと
• click-click; sound of camera shutter ［パシャパシャ・ぱしゃぱしゃ］ - onomatopoeia ➜ パシャッと

noun:

• kokedama; moss ball; plant grown in a ball of soil covered in moss, held together with string

noun / ~する noun:

• a round; a turn; going around; making a round ➜ 一回り【ひとまわり】

noun:

• first anniversary of a person's death ➜ 一周忌【いっしゅうき】

noun:

• company (i.e. business)
• company (i.e. group of friends) ［コンパニー］

noun / ~する noun:

• location (e.g. of film shoot); remote (shoot at a remote location) - abbreviation ➜ ロケーション

noun:

• genius; brilliance; unusual talent
• gifted person; person of unusual talent

noun:

• one's specialty; one's forte
• specialty of a kabuki school

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like

noun:

• brink of death
• time to give up; knowing when to give up